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3rd December 2014, 12:20 PM
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Re: ICAR Exam Sample Paper to PG in Plant Science

As you want I am here providing you the Sample Paper of ICAR Exam to join PG in Plant Science.
Sample questions :
ICAR Exam Sample Paper to PG in Plant Science
1. The average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is :

(A) 0.03 ppm (B) 30 ppm

(C)0.3 ppm (D) 300 ppm

2. Agrostology is the study of:

(A) Root (B) Grasses

(C) Flower (D) Fruit

3. Atmospheric layer nearest to earth Surface is

(A) Biosphere (C) Exosphere

(B) Thermosphere (D) Troposphere

4. Plant that grow on extremely dry soil are classified under :

(A)Thalophytes (B) Hydrophytes

(C)Xerophytes (D) Hydroponics

5. Ground water table is measured by :

(A) Tensiometer (B) Piezometer

(C) Pressure plate (D) Neutron probe

6. Mycorrhiza is associated with what part of plants?

(A) Roots (B) Leaf

(C) Stem (D) Fruits

7. The most Suited N fertilizer for tea is:

(A) Urea (B) Calcium nitrate

(C) Ammonium chloride (D) Ammonium sulphate

8. Which food is designated as “Boneless meat”?

(A)Banana (B) Potato

(C)Soybean (D) Tapioca

9. Which of the following control the root initiation, cell elongation and apical

dominance?

(A)Auxins (B) ABA

(C) Gibberellins (D) Ethylene

10. Study of soil from the stand point of higher plant is known as :

(A) Pedology (B) Physiology

(C)Edaphology (D) Geo physics

11. Pruning is most essential for:

(A)Cauliflower (B) Rubber

(C)Tea (D) Chinchona

12. The progeny of breeder seed is:

(A)Formation seed (B) Nucleus seed

(C) True seed (D) Certified seed

11. The basis of farm budgeting is:

(A)production function analysis (B) Linear programming

(C) Cost – benefit analysis (D) Farm planning

13. The largest tea production state in India is:

(A)Tamil Nadu (B) Assam

(C)Meghalaya (D) Kerala

14. The plant nutrient which help in translocation of sugars and starch is :

(A) Mg (B) Mo

(C) K (D) Na

15. Saffron is largely produced in:

(A) J & K (B) Kerala

(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand

16. A crop that can supply oil for petrochemicals is:

(A) Neem (B) Rubber

(C)Macadamia (D) Jatropha

17. IA market guided by rules and regulation is called :

(A) Perfect market (B) Regulated market

(C) Seasonal market (D) Terminal market

18. Most widely cultivated mustard type in India is:

(A)Yellow / brown sarson (B) Black mustard

(C) Toria (D) Indian mustard

19. C4 plant normaly produce more biological yield than C3 plant because of:

(A) More photorespiration (B) Less photorespiration

(C) Less photophosphorylation (D) More photophosphorylation

20. Absolute zero is:

(A)- 273 C (B) 273  C

(C) 273 K (D) 273 F

21. In India maximum area under wheat is occupied by the Species?

(A)Triticum aestivum (B) Triticum dicoccum

(C) Triticum durum (D) Triticum vulgare

22. Which among the following colures absorbs more radiation?

(A) Blue (B) Black

(C)Red (D) White

23. Impect of green house effect is:

(A)Global warming (B) Ice melting

(C) Sea formation (D) Sea level rise

24. Which of the following elements is most mobile in soil ?

(A) Ca (B) K

(C) Mg (D) N

25. The most deficient micro – nutrient in Indian soil is :

(A)Cu (B) Mn

(C) Zn (D) B

26. Magnesium is a constituent of :

(A) Nucleic Acid (B) Enzyme system

(C) Cell wall (D) Chlorophyll

27. The C : N ratio of arable soil commonly ranges from :

(A) 6 : 1 to 7: 1 (B) 18: 1 to 19: 1

(C) 8 : 1 to 15:1 (D) 3 : 1 to 4: 1

28. Dwarfing gene in wheat is :

(A) Nif – gene (B) Norin

(C) Dee – gee – woo – gen (D) Proteina

29. Which of the following element immobile in soil but mobile in plants?

(A)S (B) B

(C) Zn (D) P

30. Which soil has highest efficiency?

(A)Loamy soil (B) Sandy soil

(C) Clay soil (D) None of these
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Re: ICAR Exam Sample Paper to PG in Plant Science

Hi I want the question paper of PG Plant Science of Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICAR Exam so can you provide me?
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21st May 2015, 10:08 AM
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Re: ICAR Exam Sample Paper to PG in Plant Science

Hi, as you want the question paper of PG Plant Science of Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICAR Exam so here I am providing you.

ICAR Exam Plant Science question paper

1. Saffron (kesar) belong to the family

(A) Apiaceae (B) Iridaceae

(C) Orchidaceae (D) Lauraceae

2. The 5- carbon compounds produced during dark reaction of photosynthesis is

(A) Ribose phosphate (B) Xylulose phosphate

(C) Ribulose bis phosphate (D) Seda heptulose phosphate

3. Most suitable design for experiment involving varying number of tillage and nitrogen levels is

(A) Latin square (B) RBD

(C) Strip plot (D) Split plot

4. In a RBD experiment having 9 treatments and 4 replications, the error degree of freedom will be

A) 24 (B) 32

(C) 27 D) 36

5. The plants with male and female flowers on different plants are called

(A)Dicot (B) Dichogamy

(C) Dicliny (D) Dioecious

6. The contribution of Agricultural sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) in India

in the year 2004-05 has been nearly

(A) 25 % (B) 45 %

(C) 35 % (D) 55 %

7. Which one of the following process results in release of energy ?

(A) Metabolism (B) Catabolism

(C) Anabolism (D) Physiology

8. Which one of the following element is a constituent of protoplasm?

(A) Sulphur (B) Calcium

(C) Iron (D) Potassium

9. Which one of the following element is mobile in plants but immobile in soil ?

(A) Sulphur (B) Zinc

(C) Boron (D) Phosphorus

10. Which of the following is non-climacteric fruit?

(A) Litchi (B) Mango

(C) Banana (D) Apple

11. Which of the following process is not takes place in evolution of plants?

(A)Crossing over (B) Mutation

(C) Linkage (D) Coupling

12. Solar constant is equal to (in cal/cm2/min)

(A) 1.94 (B) 194

(C) 19.4 (D) 0.194

13. Khaira disease in rice is due to the deficiency of

(A) Boron (B) Mn

(C)S (D) Zn

14. Which one of the following is a C3 plant?

(A)Wheat (B) Maize

(C) Pearlmillet (D) Sorghum

15. Criteria for the essentiality of nutrients for plants was given by

(A) Arnon (B) Wilcox

(C) Liebig (D) None

16. Which one of the following is sulphur-containing amino acid?

(A)Tryptophan (B) Cystine

(C) Proline (D) Lysine

17. Horse latitude lies in between north and south latitudinal belt of equator

(A)0 to 50 (B) 30 to 35

(C) 20 to 250 (D) 10 to 15

18. The splitting up of water molecules in plant cells in the presence of sunlight is called

(A)Photophosphorylation (B) Photosynthesis

(C) Photolysis (D) Phosphorylation

19. What does the stomata open?

(I) When the guard cells are in flaccid condition

(ll) When there is an accumulation of K ions in the guard cells

(III) When water enters into the guard cells

(IV) When the water potential of guard cells is lower than that of adjacent cells

(A) II, III and IV I and IV (B) I and III

(C) (D) None

20. The number of Agro-climatic zones of India is

(A) 17 (B) 7

(C) 15 (D)10

21. Norin – dwarf gene was introduced in which cereal?

(A) Wheat (B) Oat

(C) Rice (D) Maize

22. The centre of origin of Triticum aestivum is

(A)Chilean centre (B) South Mexican centre

(C) Mediterranean centre (D) Near eastern region

23. Which state of India leads in area under wheat crop?

(A)Punjab (B) MP

(C) UP (D) Rajasthan

24. The process of use of microorganism to remove salts from soil is referred as

(A) Chelation (B) Bioremediation

(C) Oxidation (D)Phyto – remediation

25. Economic part of Isabgol is

(A) Leaf (B) Seed and husk

(C)Seed (D) Husk

26. Which part of the plant cell is known as power house?

(A)Golgi bodies (B) Ribosomes

(C)Mitochondria (D) Lysosomes

27. Which one of the following clay mineral has the highest CEC?

(A) Vermiculite (B) Montmorillonite

(C) Kaolinite (D) Illite

28. The light generated reducing power is

(A) ATP (B) NADPH2

(C) FADH2 (D) NADH 2

29. Under seventh approximation soil classification, the number of soil orders is

(A) 15 (B) 14

(C) 8 (D) 11

30. The grand period of rainfall in India is

(A) Post monsoon (B) North-east monsoon

(C) Cold weather period (D) South – west monsoon
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Re: ICAR Exam Sample Paper to PG in Plant Science

Can you provide me the ICAR JRF (Indian Council of Agricultural Research Junior Research Fellowship) Plant Science previous year question paper as I need it for preparation of the Exam?
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4th December 2019, 08:47 AM
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Re: ICAR Exam Sample Paper to PG in Plant Science

The ICAR JRF (Indian Council of Agricultural Research Junior Research Fellowship) Plant Science previous year question paper is as follows:

1. Prokarotic ribosomes are :

(A) 70S (B) 80S

(C) 40S (D) 58S

2. Initiation codon fro translation is :

(A) AGG (B) AUG

(C) AGU (D) GAU

3. Lac operon is :

(A) Inducible system (B) Repressible system

(C) Coordinate system (D) Constitutive system

4. _______ is an alternative form of gene.

(A) Allele (B) Operon

(C) Split gene (D) Pseudogene

5. In a microbial culture the order of various phases is :

(A) Log, Lag, Stationary, Death (B) Stationary, Log, Lag, Death

(C) Lag, Log, Stationary, Death (D) Death, Log, Lag, Stationary

6. Optimum temperature for growth of mesophiles is :

(A) ≈ 55oC (B) ≈ 37oC

(C) ≈ 10oC (D) ≈ -20oC

7. In an acidic solution, the pH is :

(A) Greater than p(OH) (B) Less than p(OH)

(C) Equal to p(OH) (D) None of the above.

8. Buffers keeps the pH of the solution stable by :

(A) Converting strong acids to weak one. (B) Converting weak acids to strong one

(C) Converting weak bases to strong one (D) None of the above

9. Standard temperature and pressure refers to :

(A) 0 atm and 273 K (B) 1 atm and 273 K

(C) 101.325 kpa and 0 K (D) 23 psi and 100 K

10. How many atoms of carbon are present in 18 grams of glucose ?

(A) 6.0 × 1022 (B) 3.6 × 1023

(C) 6.0 × 1023 (D) 3.6 × 1024

11. A respiratory quotient is :

(A) moles of CO2 produced/ moles of O2 produced

(B) moles of CO2 produced/ moles of O2 consumed

(C) moles of CO2consumed/ moles of O2 produced

(D) moles of CO2 consumed/ moles of O2 consumed

12. The international convention for the production of Industrial products in Paris was

signed in year :

(A) 1853 (B) 1838

(C) 1883 (D) 1889

13. Which of the following is 5C sugar ?

(A) Galactose (B) Ribose

(C) Glucose (D) Mannose

14. Maltose is composed of :

(A) Galactose + Glucose (B) Glucose + Fructose

(C) Glucose + Glucose (D) Galactose + Ribose

15. Cobalamin is :

(A) Vitamin B6 (B) Vitamin B1

(C) Vitamin A (D) Vitamin B12

16. The conversion of CO2 and H2O into organic compounds using energy from light is

called :

(A) Photorespiration (B) Fermentation

(C) Glycolysis (D) Photosynthesis

17. Chloroplast contains disc like membranous structures arranged in a stack is called :

(A) Cisternae (B) Grana

(C) Stroma (D) Thylakoids

18. ________ is not an amino acid.

(A) Histidine (B) Aspartic acid

(C) Alanine (D) Oleic acid.

19. The process of formation of nitrate from ammonia is known as :

(A) Nitrate assimilation (B) Nitrification

(C) Ammonia assimilation (D) Denitrification

20. Virus Mediated transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another is called:

(A) Transduction (B) Transformation

(C) Conjugation (D) Reverse transcription

21. Cell theory was put forward by :

(A) Sutton and Boveri (B) Watson and Crick

(C) Darwin (D) Schleiden and Schwann

22. DNA replication takes place during :

(A) S phase (B) G1 phase

(C) G2 phase (D) Prophase

23. The phase of mitosis during which chromosome condense is :

(A) Metaphase (B) Prophase

(C) Telophase (D) Anaphase

24. Biologically important form of DNA is :

(A) A (B) Z

(C) B (D) H

25. Ultracentrifuge has speed :

(A) Maximum 12000 rpm (B) Maximum 25000 rpm

(C) More than 30000 rpm (D) 10000 rpm

26. Power house of cell is :

(A) Ribosomes (B) Golgi complex

(C) Mitochondria (D) Vacuoles

27. Animal tissue lacks :

(A) Mitochondria (B) Cell membrane

(C) Cell wall (D) Golgi bodies

28. _______ transports mineral and water in plants.

(A) Phloem (B) Xylem

(C) Epidermis (D) Roots

29. If a solution has pH 6.5 then its p(OH) is :

(A) 6.5 (B) 7.5

(C) 8.9 (D) 10

30. Cell fractionation is the most appropriate procedure for preparing ______ for study.

(A) Isolated cells which are normally found tightly attached to neighbouring cells

(B) Cells without a functional cytoskeleton

(C) Isolated organelles

(D) Bone and other similar cells which are situated within a mineral framework.

31. In PCR reactions Pfu is preffered over Taq as Pfu :

(A) Is more thermostable (B) Is optimally active at higher temperature

(C) Provides high fidelity (D) Was declared as molecule of the year 1989.

32. Which of the following vector can carry the longest piece of foreign DNA ?

(A) Plasmid (B) Cosmid

(C) BAC (D) YAC

33. In the discovery of introns, a DNA molecule called____________was formed that

had the same nucleotide

sequence as the gene that produced the mRNA.

(A) mDNA (B) rDNA

(C) cDNA (D) tDNA

34. Bacteria protect themselves from viruses by fragmenting viral DNA upon entry with :

(A) Ligases (B) Endonucleases

(C) Exonucleases (D) Methylases

35. Northern blot is used for the analysis of :

(A) mRNA (B) DNA

(C) Protein (D) Nucleo-protein

36. The recommended CO2 level needed for growing animal cells in cell culturing is :

(A) 1% (B) 2%

(C) 5% (D) 7%

37. A probe is used in which stage of the gene transfer process ?

(A) Cleaving DNA (B) Denaturation of DNA

(C) Cloning (D) Screening.

38. Conformational variation between B and Z forms of DNA is partially due to :

(A) Rotation of glycosidic bond (B) Loss of hydrogen bonds

(C) Lack of hydrophobic interaction (D) Increase in humidity.

39. A messenger RNA is 336 nucleotides long, including the initiator and termination

codons. The number

of amino acids in the protein translated from this mRNA is :

(A) 999 (B) 630

(C) 112 (D) 111

40. For the DNA strand 5′ – TACGATCATAT- 3′ the correct complementary DNA strand is:

(A) 3′ -TACGATCATAT- 5′ (B) 5′ -ATGCTAGTATA- 3′ (C) 3′-AUGCUAGUAUA-5′ (D) 3′ -ATGCTAGTATA- 5′ 41. DNA fingerprint analysis is based on the “Southern” hybridization technique. In this

method :

(A) Nonradioactive cellular RNA, separated by electrophoresis and blotted onto a

membrane filter, is tested for hybridization with a radioactive gene-specific probe of

either RNA or DNA

(B) Radioactive DNA restriction fragments, separated by electrophoresis and blotted onto

a membrane filter are tested for hybridization with a nonradioactive, gene-specific probe

of either RNA or DNA

(C) Radioactive cellular RNA, separated by electrophoresis and blotted onto a membrane

filter is tested for hybridization with a radioactive, gene-specific probe of either RNA or

DNA

(D) Nonradioactive DNA restriction fragments, separated by electrophoresis and blotted

onto a membrane filter are tested for hybridization with a radioactive, gene-specific

probe of either RNA or DNA.

42. Streptomycin inhibits microbial growth by acting on :

(A) 30S ribosomal subunit (B) 50S ribosomal subunit

(C) 40S ribosomal subunit (D) 80S ribosomal subunit

43. Crown gall disease in plants is caused by :

(A) Agrobacterium niger (B) Agrobacterium faciens

(C) Agrobacterium tumifaciens (D) Agrobacterium plantum

44. Traditional method for the commercial production of citric acid is by :

(A) Batch fermentation (B) Continuous fermentation

(C) Synchronous production (D) Solid state fermentation

45. World Wide Web was developed at :

(A) University of Pennsylvania (B) Harvard University

(C) European Laboratory for Particle Physics (D) University of California

46. HEPES buffer is used in :

(A) Animal Tissue culture medium (B) Plant tissue culture medium

(C) Acterial nutrient medium (D) Yeast nutrient medium.

47. The most convenient and popular source of plant protoplast is the :

(A) Leaf (B) Root nodules

(C) Shoot tips (D) Coleoptile

48. Dideoxy DNA sequencing exlusively depends on one of the following :

(A) Termination (B) ATP

(C) Plasmid vector (D) Vector primer

49. Full form of BLAST is :

(A) Broad Local Alignment Search Tool (B) Basic Local Alignment Search Tool

(C) Basic Local Alignment Scanning Tool (D) Broad Local Alignment Scanning Tool

50. Which of the following is not an application of tissue culture ?

(A) Production of germ free plants (B) Improvement of crop plants

(C) Germplasm storage (D) Vegetative propagation

51. An E. coli cell produces several proteins. To purify one gram of an intracellular

enzymes A from these proteins, nearly 2.007×1015 cells are required (Molecular weight

of enzyme A is 1,00,000 daltons). Find out the number of enzyme A molecule produced

per cell under optimum conditions.

(A) 2000 (B) 2050

(C) 3000 (D) 3050

52. Molecular Pharming mainly refers to production of pharmaceutical products in :

(A) Bacteria (B) Yeast

(C) Fungus (D) Animal milk

53. Shikonin is :

(A) Antimalarial, red pigment (B) Antimicrobial, red pigment

(C) Antimicrobial, green pigment (D) Antimalarial, green pigment

54. Most human pathogens prefer temperatures near that of the human body. They are called :

(A) Psychrophiles (B) Thermophiles

(C) Mesophiles (D) Halophiles

55. Organisms that ferment glucose may produce any of the following end products except :

(A) Lactic acid (B) Propionic acid

(C) Alcohol (D) Oxygen

56. Acidic amino acids are :

(A) Nonpolar and negatively charged at physiological pH

(B) Nonpolar and positively charged at physiological pH

(C) Polar and negatively charged at physiological pH

(D) Polar and positively charged at physiological pH

57. 2-D gel electrophoresis is the main tool in the study of :

(A) Genomics (B) Proteomics

(C) Bioinformatics (D) Gene cloning.

58. A mass of dividing, undifferentiated cells in a tissue culture is called :

(A) An embryoid (B) An aggregate

(C) A callus (D) A plasmodium

59. The use of RFLP or repeat DNA sequence to establish a unique pattern of DNA

fragments from an individual is known as :

(A) Footprinting (B) Fingerprinting

(C) Handprinting (D) Bodyprinting

60. Insertion of cry gene in plant genome provides :

(A) Herbicide resistance (B) Virus resistance

(C) Insect resistance (D) Drought resistance


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